Tag Archives: Funny Spanish greeting cards

I love greeting cards and will embrace any holiday, occasion, or event, to give them to friends and family. You know those “Just because” cards? Those were made for people like me, for those days we want to give cards but can’t think of any good reason to. If Carlos can’t find me in a store, he goes to the greeting card aisle – that’s usually where I am – just reading them for fun.

That being said, I’ve found that at times it’s difficult for me to find cards that say exactly what I need them to. As a bilingual, bicultural Latino-American family in the United States, we have our own unique culture, events, and language. The cards in English with Latin-flavor usually feature a donkey wearing a sombrero or some other tired theme. The cards in Spanish are limited, and usually only available for quinces and Día de las Madres. What’s a bicultural gringa to do? … Make my own cards, of course!

The cards I created below (which you should feel free to share in social media or print for personal use!) represent some real themes we’ve dealt with in our familia – maybe you’ll relate. Which greeting card have you needed that doesn’t exist?

(Not much that can be done about that, but at least a greeting card softens the blow?)

(Kind of one of those “Sorry, not sorry” moments.)

(Salvadorans, you know what I mean… At least we’ve got the playera team.)

(We don’t say “Happy birthday” in this house.)

(This would come in handy for all your encargo requests for traveling family members.)

(A whole line of greeting cards with “Chavito del 8″ references would sell like pan caliente.)

(We’ve got some unique milestones that you don’t really find anywhere in the greeting card aisle!)

(Cute enough for a kid, but could be exchanged between adults too.)

(We would probably need to exchange this card at least once a week.)

(My kids are half Salvadoran and my older son in particular is constantly mistaken for Mexican. Thought I should explain that one!)